Gemma Steeleさんのイラストまとめ

“His own image; no longer a dark, gray bird, ugly and disagreeable to look at, but a graceful and beautiful swan. To be born in a duck's nest, in a farmyard, is of no consequence to a bird, if it is hatched from a swan's egg.”
- Hans Christian Andersen, The Ugly Duckling

‘Eagle and wolf disputing the prize’

#Illustration from ‘Foreign field sports, fisheries, sporting anecdotes &c &c’ (1814)

#RareBooks #library #wildlife #NaturalHistory #biodiversity

"It is mine, I tell you. My own. My precious!"

Odd looking monkey from 'Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur' (1774-1855)

#monkeys #library #rarebooks #gollum #LOTR #SciArt #illustration
@BioDivLibrary ➡️https://t.co/Dy9TVZVuY2

What did one bee say to the other when they landed on the same flower?

Buzz off.

I'll quit pollen your leg now and wish everyone a happy #WorldBeeDay, particularly the entomologists I share an office with!🐝

#Library #RareBooks #Bees #Hymenoptera #SciArt #Illustration

Feeling cute, might delete later

#rarebooks #monkey #bum @museumsvictoria #library #illustration #SciArt

This beluga whale looks completely harmless and adorable but it is actually a dangerous Russian spy

Look at its face: you can tell it's hiding state secrets and planning many treasons

#russia #news #rarebooks #books #oldbooks #library #SciArt #illustration #whales

Today is #BatAppreciationDay so I just want to say *THANKS BATS* for eating all of my figs this year before I got a chance to pick them, and also for pooping all over the yard. Great effort this year 👏

#SciArt from @OfficialZSL Proceedings from 1880
#rarebooks #library

John Gould is famous for his works on birds, but when he visited Australia in 1838, @royalsociety encouraged him to also study the mammals.

He was particularly fascinated with the red kangaroo, which he considered a zoological marvel

#SciArt #kangaroo #rarebooks #illustration

TFW you're deathly hungover but all you have to eat in the house is healthy food

I *think* this is an opossum, and the #illustration is from 'Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur' (1774-1855)

#library #rarebooks #SciArt @BioDivLibrary https://t.co/Dy9TVZDU6u

TFW it's school holidays and you're somewhere between just needing five minutes to yourself, and leaving those two yapping little shits in the nest and flying off to Mexico

I mean, I don't have kids, I'm just going off the look on the adult bird's face🤷‍♀️

#rarebooks #library